Phonograph-disk-record case.



PATENTED AUG. 18, 1908.

I. HERRMAN.

PHONOGRAPH DISK REGGRD CASE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 27, 1908.

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I. HERRMAN. i A PHONOGRAPH DISK RECORD CASE.

APPLICATION FILED JAN.27, 1908.

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UNITED sTATEs PATENT oEEIcE.

IsIDoR HERRMAN,

OF NEW YORK, N. YI, ASSIGNOR TO-.TOHN J. BRIT'ON, OF BROOKLYN,

' NEW YORK.

PHON O GRAPH-DISK-B'ECORD CASE Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 18, 190s.

Application filed January 27, 1908. Serial No. 412,713.

To all whom it mag/concern:

Be it known that I, IsIDoR HEREMAN, a

subject of the King of Hungary, residing at dex, for the classificationof records.

in position and Other features of improvement will hereinafter appear.

To these and other ends -my invention comprises the novel arrangementsand combination of parts to be hereinafter explained and finallyclaimed, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming parthereof, wherein- Figure 1 illustrates a front elevation of my improvedrecord cabinet; Fig. 2 is a top plan view'thereof,`the cover beingopened;

1g. 3 is an enlarged cross-sectional detail view of my ini roved device,the section be ing taken on a ine a-a in Fig. 2,' Fig. 4 is an endview,l partly in section, of vmy im moved cabinet' shown suspended froma wa ,.Fig. 5 is an enlarged face view of a form of index prefer blyused in connection with my cabinet; Fi 6 is an enlarged fragmentaryver.`

tical sectional view of the casing, cover and inner removable shelltherein contained, and

shows the manner of pivotally supporting'the cover and securin the innerremovable shell ig. 7 is an enlarged fragmentary detail view showing themanner, of .removably supporting the partitions in the lnner auxiliaryshells.

Similar referencecharacters indicate like parts in all the views.

- Referring now to the drawings, particularly to Fig. 3, 1 indicates thecasing or baseportion of my im roved cabinet, while 2 indi- 1 l "catesthe rotatab y mounted cover, 3 the inner removable shell and 4 one ofthe inner auxiliary removable shells which is carried movable auxiliaryshells 4 contains a plu'- rality of compartments 5, in this instancethree. I canemploy as many of such compartments as I desire, the outercase- 1 of course, being made long enough for the purose. Ipartments 5are removably held in place by the beadings 6a, and may be faced withfelt or The walls or partitions 6 of the com-- other soft material, toprevent the records I from becoming mutilated.

To pivotally mount the cover 2 this instance., 'employed a spindle 7(see Fig. 6), which is threaded, as at 8, to engage a threaded hub 9 onthe ends of the outer shell or casing 1. The threads on said spindle donot connect with the opening 1.0 in the cover 2. The spindle 7 passesfreely through the cover 2; the end of said spindle however, is adaptedto enter an opening- 11 in the end I have in Walls of the innerremovable shell 3. A cover or stop 12 limits the inward movement of thesaid spindle to prevent the end walls of the members 1, 2 and 3 frombecoming/bound.

The length of the spindle 7 will be just enough I to enter well into theopening 11 of the inner removable shell 3. By unscrewlng the spindle 7,the inner removable shell 3'can be` taken out of the cabinet.

To keep the inner removable shell 3 from rotating, when in position, Ihave in thisin-y stance employed leaf-s ring catches 13 (see Figs, 2 and3.) T e catches 13 are provided with jaws 14 which are adapted to engagethe flange 15 carried by the outer shell, 1. The said catchesv areattached, near thebottom thereof as at 16, to the inner shell 3. Theadjacent linner auxiliary shell 4 is cut away, as at 17, to permit thecatches 13 to be sprung inwardly when it is desired to remove the innershell 3. iliary shells 4 remain in position by virtue of their ownweight.

It will be seen that the cover 2 moves between the outer shell 1 andinner shell 3, the shell 3 being kept from contact therewith by thespindle 7 and catches 13.

The outer shell or casing is provided with standards 18 (see Fig. 1),the bottoms 19 thereof being provided with openings 2 0, and the ends 21thereof being provided with openings 22. By means of the said openings Ican hang the cabinet on a wall, as at 23 (for instance, Fig. 4), or Ican fasten the cabinet to stand in a vertical position by The innerauxplaced in the compartments 5. vpartment, is in this instance,numbered as screwing the standards 18 to a support through the openingsl22. Fig. 1 shows the cabinet in a horizontal position.

The cover 2 is provided With a handle 24 for opening or closing thesame; also With snap latches 25. The casing 1 carries a lock 26 and thecover 2 a tongue 27 Which is adapted to enter the lock 26, a key beingemployed in the usual manner.

The purposel of my improved case is to store, and protect disk recordswhich are Each comat 28 to correspond yWith a disk 29 (Fig. 5) of paperor any other material. The disk 29 will be carried in onev of the comart-l ments 5 and have printed or Written t ereupon, as at 30, the nameof a selection. The compartment having the number corresponding to thenumber opposite the selection Will fcontain the disk havmg recordedthereupon from place to place in the event of the said cabinet not bemgfastened down. The dotted lines 31 in Fig. 3, indicatea disk record.

The `object of removably supporting the partitions 6 is to permit of theinsertion oftwo or more disks, having recorded thereupon the sameselection, in the same compartment, or to permit of the insertion of aneXtra thick disk. n

comprising a casing, a Aremovable shell Within said casing, a pluralityof auxiliary removable shells Within the shell first named, saidauxiliary shells beingprovided with a plurality of independentcompartments.

2. A cabinet ada ted for disk-records, comprising a semi-cy indricalcasing, a rotatable cover for said casing, and a removable shell Withinsaid casing, said shell being retainedby the pivot of said cover.

' 3. In a cabinet for disk-records, a plurality of semi-cylindricalshells one .Within the other, the inner shell being removable andprovided With a plurality of independently removable isemi-cylindricalcompartments, a rotatable cover r'for said shells, said inner shellbeing retained by the pivot of said cover. y, Signed at New York, N. Y.this 24 day of January 1908.

l ISIDOR HERRMAN. Witnesses: Y

CEAS. HABE, ABRAM SnLivEK.

